Julian Norton

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Julian Norton
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Born (1972-06-03) 3 June 1972 (age 49)
Castleford, West Yorkshire, UK
EducationPembroke College, Cambridge
OccupationVeterinary surgeon, TV personality, author
Websitewww.thenakedvet.co.uk

Julian Norton is a British veterinary surgeon, author and TV personality, best known for his appearances on the Channel 5 TV series .[1][2]

Early life[]

Norton was born and brought up in the mining town of Castleford and went to school in Wakefield at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, before gaining a place to study veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.[3]

Career[]

From 2015 to 2018, Norton was involved in the Channel 5 docuseries , produced by Daisybeck Studios in Leeds.[4] The programme has been popular, achieving viewing figures of over 2 million, making it one of the channel's most successful.[5][6] Norton has also featured as a regular guest on The Wright Stuff as well as Springtime on the Farm and Big Week at the Zoo.[7][8]

Norton attained a certificate in Small Animal Practice in 2007. From 2018 he worked at Rae, Bean and Partners in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire.[9] He moved to a new independent small animal practice – Sandbeck Veterinary Centre – in Wetherby, West Yorkshire in 2019 and, in March 2021, Norton opened the Thirsk Veterinary Centre with colleagues. Norton also co-authored a paper in the Veterinary Record 142: 107–109, on the "Measurement of arterial oxygen-haemaglobin saturation in newborn lambs by pulse oximetry".

He performs regular "in conversation" events with comedian and stand up poet, Kate Fox,[10][11] and was awarded the Dalesman "Yorkshireman of the Year 2017".[12]

Norton is connected with various charities and is an ambassador for Cheetah Conservation Fund (www.cheetah.org.uk) and for VetMentor, an organisation to assist potential veterinary students.

Sporting achievements[]

Norton held the world record for 24-hour tandem indoor rowing in 2010 with friend Roger Brown, an ex-Olympic rower.[13][14]

He has competed in the UK Ironman event, finishing in the top 50 in 2013,[3][15] and represented Britain at age-group level for in the European Long Course Duathlon in 2014 and 2015 and at the European Middle Distance Triathlon championships in 2014 and 2015.[16][15][17]


He completed the Patrouille des Glaciers ski mountaineering race from Zermatt to Verbier in 2018.

Personal life[]

Norton is a mixed practice veterinary surgeon, in North Yorkshire, where he lives with his wife, Anne and two sons, Jack and Archie.[18][19] He has spent the majority of his working life in Thirsk, working as, first, an assistant, then partner in the practice at which Alf Wight (better known under his pseudonym of James Herriot) had worked.[20]

Works[]

Filmography[]

Television
Year Title Role Channel
2015— The Yorkshire Vet Himself Channel 5
2017 The Wright Stuff Himself – Special Guest Channel 5
2018 Springtime on the Farm Himself Channel 5
2018 Big Week at the Zoo Presenter Channel 5
2020 This Week on the Farm Himself Channel 5
2021 Live: Summer on the Farm[21][22][23] Himself Channel 5

Books[]

Norton has written six books, and he also contributes a weekly column in The Country Week of The Yorkshire Post.[24]

  • Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet. Michael O'Mara. 2016. ISBN 978-1782436836.
  • A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons. Michael O'Mara. 2017. ISBN 978-1782438434.
  • The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet. Great Northern Books Ltd. 2018. ISBN 978-1912101801.
  • On Call with a Yorkshire Vet Great Northern Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1912101207
  • A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter. Hodder and Stoughton, 2020.ISBN 978-1529378337
  • All Creatures: Heart-warming Tales from a Yorkshire Vet. Hodder and Stoughton, 2021. ISBN 978-1529378399

References[]

  1. ^ "The Yorkshire Vet". facebook.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.[non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ "Julian Norton | MBA Literary Agents". MBA Literary Agents. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Parker, Olivia (30 September 2016). "The Yorkshire Vet talks stud alpacas, udder salve and James Herriot's legacy". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ "The Yorkshire Vet". Channel 5. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ^ Utton, Dominic (24 April 2018). "The Yorkshire Vet: How a TV show revived a town's tourist trade". Daily Express. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Thirsk is buzzing from The Yorkshire Vet effect". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ^ Jeremy Vine on 5 – Official Channel (25 April 2017), The Wright Stuff: The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton tells us about a lamb born with 5 legs, retrieved 20 October 2018
  8. ^ "Farming realities captured on TV as Yorkshire's Cannon Hall hosts Springtime on the Farm". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Rae, Bean & Partners | STAFF". rbp1. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  10. ^ "An Audience with the Yorkshire Vet". yarmschool.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  11. ^ Yorkshire. "An Evening with Julian Norton | King's Hall Ilkley". Bradford Theatres. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Dalesman Awards 2017". Dalesman. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Thirsk pair hope to break rowing machine record". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Celebrities: Pam Ferris, Sir John Major, Cherie Booth, Roger Brown, Julian Norton, John Bercow, Ricky Tomlinson". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "Our Staff". skeldalevets.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  16. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Athlete Profile: Julian Norton | ITU World Triathlon Series". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  17. ^ "My Yorkshire: Julian Norton aka the Yorkshire Vet on his favourite people and places". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Julian Norton: Seizing the chance for a camper van escape". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Treating all creatures great and small in new TV show The Yorkshire Vet". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  20. ^ Centralvet.com, Vision Team -. "Vet departs original James Herriot practice". vnonline. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Summer on the Farm with Rob and Dave". www.newsletter.co.uk.
  22. ^ "LIVE: Summer on the Farm".
  23. ^ "My5". www.my5.tv.
  24. ^ "Julian Norton: Hobbo has pants on his head". Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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